Outputs (5)

Shūnen to iu kibō: Abe Kazushige to Usami Rin ni yoru wakamono shōzō (2021)
Journal Article
Cervelli, F. (2021). Shūnen to iu kibō: Abe Kazushige to Usami Rin ni yoru wakamono shōzō. Nihon bungaku = 日本文學, 70(10), 22-32

This article proposes obsession as an important trait in considering narrative representations of alienated youth over the last twenty years. The study focuses on two novels: Nipponia Nippon (2001), by Abe Kazushige, and Oshi, moyu (2020), by Usami R... Read More about Shūnen to iu kibō: Abe Kazushige to Usami Rin ni yoru wakamono shōzō.

Crisis of Time! The Tyranny of the Immediate and Community in Two Literary Works by Takahashi Gen'ichirō (2021)
Journal Article
Cervelli, F. (2021). Crisis of Time! The Tyranny of the Immediate and Community in Two Literary Works by Takahashi Gen'ichirō. Japanese Studies, 41(3), 285-302. https://doi.org/10.1080/10371397.2021.1970519

In his fiction, Takahashi Gen’ichirō often portrays crises of contemporary life where characters do not identify with shared ideologies or communities, instead resorting to repetitive actions to survive in their empty daily existences. This article a... Read More about Crisis of Time! The Tyranny of the Immediate and Community in Two Literary Works by Takahashi Gen'ichirō.

The Oppression of Democracy: Political (Mis)Representation and Community in Takahashi Gen’ichirō’s Writings (2021)
Book Chapter
Cervelli, F. (2021). The Oppression of Democracy: Political (Mis)Representation and Community in Takahashi Gen’ichirō’s Writings. In A. Bednarczyk, M. Kubarek, M. Lewicka, & M. Szatkowski (Eds.), Crossroads of Liberty: Asian, African and European Literature Towards Freedom and Oppression (25-36). Dom Wydawniczy 'Elipsa'

Mobilizing Japanese Youth: The Cold War and the Making of the Sixties Generation (2021)
Book
Gerteis, C. (2021). Mobilizing Japanese Youth: The Cold War and the Making of the Sixties Generation. Cornell University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501756337

Mobilizing Japanese Youth examines the forces that shaped the political consciousness of Japanese youth who chose to engage in radical politics during the 1960s and 1970s. The book unpacks how intertwined notions of class and gender shaped the discou... Read More about Mobilizing Japanese Youth: The Cold War and the Making of the Sixties Generation.

Genpatsu no naka no dōbutsu tachi: Takahashi Gen'ichirō no 3.11 go bungaku wo kyōteki ni saikō suru = 原発のなかの動物たち――高橋源一郎の3・11後の文学を今日的に再考する (2021)
Book Chapter
Cervelli, F. (2021). Genpatsu no naka no dōbutsu tachi: Takahashi Gen'ichirō no 3.11 go bungaku wo kyōteki ni saikō suru = 原発のなかの動物たち――高橋源一郎の3・11後の文学を今日的に再考する. In S. Kimura, & A. Bayard-Sakai (Eds.), Sekai bungaku toshite no "shinsaigo bungaku" = 世界文学としての〈震災後文学〉 (406-436). Akashi shoten